The news both abroad and domestic was alarming yesterday and no American should take it lightly.
The talks with North Korea collapsed. They were touted by Trump for a long time as being award winning talks. That failed to be the case.
The USA military needs to reestablish its stance with South Korea and begin military games once more. That reality needs to automatically be part of any agreement between the USA and North Korea. The agreement between North Korea mist reflect a decreasing nuclear profile. In other words, as North Korea denuclearizes THEN the USA military decreases it's a profile in the area IN RELATION TO THE DEGREE OF DENUCLEARIZATION.
I find the abrupt removal of the USA military from South Korea and the compromise of South Korean national security to radical. It is understandable North Korea is demanding the removal of the USA military from the Korean Peninsula, but, to grant these demands without recognized and measurable concessions was an enormous mistake by Trump. What incentive did Kim have to carry out denuclearization after he got everything he wanted without changing a very aggressive profile? There were none.
In the domestic picture of the USA, there were alarming facts revealed in the US House with the testimony of Michael Cohen. He was very well spoken. He was more than willing to talk about the facts regarding his involvement in crimes by the Trump Company and the president as the president himself.
It was heartbreaking to realize Michael Cohen was enjoying a very lucrative career only to be drafted into a company that destroyed his professional status and life as a high earning lawyer. His family has suffered because of his affiliation with the Trump Company and the president.
Yesterday's testimony provided many lessons including the fact a slick public profile can mask the truth about the crime behind that profile. I hope if there are more Michael Cohens in the USA they take an example from this man and begin to reverse their involvement in crime.
The USA federal legislature has a heavy task ahead of it. It cannot leave a criminal in the Executive Branch. The American people should not consent to any criminal leadership in any branch of government. There are always hidden priorities with such people and it effects the path the USA government takes.
It is very worrisome that Trump is a criminal. He has taken enormous steps in regard to the USA treasury, dissolving treaties and reversing alliances with long standing allies. This is simply poor leadership, but, in the case of Trump it is poor leadership in the face of strong favoritism to Russian influence in both his election and his White House.
There is much to be done, but, the federal legislature cannot turn their backs on the facts brought to the country by Michael Cohen.
